Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Also it is not good for a person to be without knowledge,
And he who hurries his footsteps errs.

King James Version

Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.

Holman Bible

Even zeal is not good without knowledge,
and the one who acts hastily sins.

International Standard Version

Furthermore, it isn't good to be ignorant, and whoever rushes into things misses the mark.

A Conservative Version

Also, that the soul be without knowledge is not good. And he who hastens with his feet sins.

American Standard Version

Also, that the soul be without knowledge is not good; And he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.

Amplified


Also it is not good for a person to be without knowledge,
And he who hurries with his feet [acting impulsively and proceeding without caution or analyzing the consequences] sins (misses the mark).

Bible in Basic English

Further, without knowledge desire is not good; and he who is over-quick in acting goes out of the right way.

Darby Translation

Also that a person be without knowledge is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet maketh false steps.

Julia Smith Translation

Also the soul without knowledge is not good, and he hastening with his feat, sins.

King James 2000

Also, that the soul be without knowledge is not good; and he that hastens with his feet sins.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Also, a life without knowledge is not good, and he who moves quickly with [his] feet {misses the mark}.

Modern King James verseion

Also without knowledge the soul is not good, and he who hurries with his feet sins.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Where no discretion is, there the soul is not well; and whoso is swift on foot, stumbleth hastily.

NET Bible

It is dangerous to have zeal without knowledge, and the one who acts hastily makes poor choices.

New Heart English Bible

It isn't good to have zeal without knowledge; nor being hasty with one's feet and missing the way.

The Emphasized Bible

Surely, for the soul to be, without knowledge, is not good, and, he that hasteth with his feet, strayeth.

Webster

Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.

World English Bible

It isn't good to have zeal without knowledge; nor being hasty with one's feet and missing the way.

Youngs Literal Translation

Also, without knowledge the soul is not good, And the hasty in feet is sinning.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Also, that the soul
נפשׁ 
Nephesh 
Usage: 753

דּעת 
Da`ath 
Usage: 91

it is not good
טוב 
Towb 
Usage: 553

and he that hasteth
אוּץ 
'uwts 
Usage: 10

with his feet
רגל 
Regel 
Usage: 247

Context Readings

How To Avoid Fools And Foolishness

1 Better is the poor that walks in his integrity than he that is perverse in his lips and is a fool. 2 Also it is not good for a person to be without knowledge,
And he who hurries his footsteps errs.
3 The foolishness of man perverts his way, and his heart is wroth against the LORD.

Cross References

Proverbs 21:5

The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness, but of every one that is too hasty, only to want.

Proverbs 29:20

Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

Job 31:5

If I have walked with falsehood or if my foot has hastened to deceit,

Proverbs 1:16

For their feet shall run to evil and make haste to shed blood.

Proverbs 10:21

The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of wisdom.

Proverbs 14:29

He that is slow to wrath is of great intelligence, but he that is short of spirit exalts folly.

Proverbs 25:8

Do not go forth hastily to strive lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof when thy neighbour has put thee to shame.

Proverbs 28:20

The man of truth shall abound with blessings, but he that makes haste to be rich shall not be absolved.

Proverbs 28:22

He that hastens to be rich has an evil eye and does not consider that poverty shall come upon him.

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Do not be hasty in thy spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.

Ecclesiastes 12:9

And the wiser the preacher became that much more did he teach wisdom to the people, causing them to listen and to search things out, and he composed many proverbs.

Isaiah 27:11

When its boughs are withered, they shall be broken off: women shall come and set them on fire: for this is not a people of understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will show them no favour.

Isaiah 28:16

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believes shall not make haste.

Hosea 4:6

My people were cut off because they lacked wisdom; because thou hast rejected wisdom, I will cast thee out of the priesthood; seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy sons.

John 16:3

And they will do these things unto you because they do not know the Father, nor me.

Romans 10:2

For I give testimony that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.

Philippians 1:9

And this I pray that your charity may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all perception,

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